Mom, son with Southeast Volusia ties slain in Georgia

Friday

Aug 29, 2014 at 2:57 PMAug 29, 2014 at 10:36 PM

By RICHARD CONNrichard.conn@news-jrnl.com

NEW SMYRNA BEACH — A 29-year old Georgia mother formerly from Southeast Volusia and her toddler son were victims of a double murder-suicide earlier this week, investigators said. Brian Miller, 41, his wife Kara Miller, 29, and their 21-month old son, Paxton, were found dead Sunday inside their home in western Paulding County, Georgia, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, citing a source with the Sheriff’s Office there. Investigators believe Brian Miller killed his wife and son before killing himself. “We may never know why he did it,” Cpl. Ashley Henson told the Atlanta newspaper. Family members of Kara Miller, who live in Edgewater, said they didn’t want to comment when reached Friday.A clerk with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said in an email Friday because it as an “active pending case” she could only release an initial report, citing Georgia open records laws. “Kara was a loving and caring mother to the most perfect little boy. Both will be greatly missed by family and friends,” reads an obitaury published Friday in The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Kara Miller is listed by her maiden name, Sebben, in the obituary.Family and friends will gather to celebrate Kara and Paxton’s lives at 1 p.m. today at Christ Community Church, 1210 Mission Dr. in New Smyrna Beach. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in their names to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, according to the obituary.A neighbor of the Millers, Britteny Buck, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that friends tried unsuccessfully to reach Kara on Saturday when the family didn’t show up for a neighborhood birthday party.“As for Kara, there’s no better way to explain her than absolutely perfect,” Buck told the Atlanta newspaper. “She was the perfect wife. She was the perfect mother.”